Choral Evensong on Sunday 11 June, 2023 - from Merton College Chapel

Sung by Merton College Choir
Prelude: Aria Secunda from Hexachordum Apollinis - Pachelbel
Introit: Beati quorum via - Stanford
Responses: Shephard
Psalm 147
Canticles - Bob Chilcott
Anthems: Te Deum (Collegium Regale) - Howells
The Lord bless you and keep you - Rutter
Hymns ‘O God, beyond all praising’, 353, 408
Preacher The Revd Lyndon Webb
Associate Chaplain
Voluntary: Choralfantasie Hallelujah! Gott zu loben Op. 52/3 - Reger
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The Choir of Merton College consists of 30 undergraduate and graduate students at Oxford University, UK reading for degrees in a variety of subjects. The choir's primary duty is singing at regular services of Evensong and Choral Eucharist in the famous 13th-century Chapel.
Since the establishment of Merton’s Choral Foundation in 2008, the choir has gained an international reputation for offering the best of choral music through tours, recordings and broadcasts. In 2020, the choir won the award for best choral album at the BBC Music Magazine Awards for its recording of Gabriel Jackson’s The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. The choir’s discography on the Delphian Label has seen numerous five star reviews and many recordings have been named ‘Editor’s Choice’ by Gramophone magazine.